My Game Projects ヽ(∩。∩゛ヽ)

I'm a Games Studies academic by trade, but have in recent years branched out into games art and design! Below is a list of the projects I am either working on or have completed.

Currently working on:

An unnamed farming game with Matt Vandersluys. I am leading on art and production, while he is lead programmer and musician.

Previous projects:

Tiny Launderette is a cute idle-ish game created for the Juniper Dev Game Jam in July 2026, the theme of which was Spin to Win! Players have nine days to decorate a run-down launderette and bring its reputation up to the highest possible level. This game was very well-received, and placed 24th overall out of 3530 entries in the jam! Go play it!

Toadman Storms the Castle is short shoot-em-up/bullet hell style game created for the Norwich Games Festival Jam 2026, where the theme was 'Folklore'. In researching myths and legends from Norwich's history, we came across the legend of East Anglian 'toad magic', where people would conduct a ritual using toad bones in order to gain control over horses. It was so weird that we had to make it the focus for our game! All art and writing for this game is by me!

Act Normal is a short game created for the 2026 Global Game Jam. The theme for the jam was 'masks', which we interpreted into a series of minigames about the everyday ways that we try to fit in to 'normal' society. Created crunch-free in just four days, all of the game's art was created by me!

Born Yesterday is a game-adjacent experience created for the Game Maker's Toolkit Game Jam 2025, where the theme was 'Loop'. In this short platformer, the player plays through the same level three times, each at subsequent stages in their life. All art was created by me!

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